List of speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

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Speaker of the Assam Legislative Assembly
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Jitendra Singh receiving a memorandum from a delegation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) led by the Member of Parliament, Shri Biswajit Daimary, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Biswajit Daimary
since 21 May 2021
Assam Legislative Assembly
Style The Hon’ble (formal)
Mr. Speaker (informal)
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
Reports to Government of Assam
AppointerMembers of the Legislative Assembly
Term length During the life of the Tripura Legislative Assembly (five years maximum)
DeputyList of deputy speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly

The following is a list of the Speakers of the Assam Legislative Assembly, [1] and their deputies.

Contents

Speakers of the Assembly

Assam Province

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officeParty
1Babu Basanta Kumar Das7 April 193711 March 1946 Indian National Congress
2Debeswar Sarmah12 March 194610 October 1947
3Laksheswar Borooah (INC)5 November 19473 March 1952

Assam State

#NamePortraitTook officeLeft officePolitical Party
1 Kuladhar Chaliha Kuladhar Chaliha 1988 stamp of India.jpg 5 March 19527 June 1957 Indian National Congress
2 Devakanta Barua Dev Kant Baruah.jpg 8 June 195715 September 1959
3 Mahendra Mohan Choudhury Statue of Mahendra Mohan Choudhury.jpg 9 December 195919 March 1967
4Hareswar Goswami20 March 196710 May 1968
5Mahi Kanta Das27 August 196821 March 1972
6 Ramesh Chandra Barooah 22 March 197220 March 1978
7 Jogendra Nath Hazarika Jogendra Nath Hazarika Lok Sabha photo.jpg 21 March 19784 September 1979 Janata Party
8 Sheikh Chand Mohammad 7 November 19797 January 1986 Indian National Congress
9 Pulakesh Barua Pulakesh Barua politician assam (cropped).jpg 9 January 198627 July 1991 Asom Gana Parishad
10 Jiba Kanta Gogoi 29 July 19919 December 1992 Indian National Congress
11Debesh Chandra Chakravorty21 December 199211 June 1996
12 Ganesh Kutum 12 June 199624 May 2001 Asom Gana Parishad
13 Prithibi Majhi The Minister for Labour and Employment, Revenue and Disaster Management, Assam, Shri Prithibi Majhi addressing at the Public Information Campaign on Bharat Nirman, organized by Press Information Bureau, Guwahati (cropped).jpg 30 May 200119 May 2006 Indian National Congress
14 Tanka Bahadur Rai Tanka Bahadur Rai.jpg 29 May 200619 May 2011
15 Pranab Kumar Gogoi [2] Speaker of Assam Legislative Assembly, Shri Pranab Kumar Gogoi at the Platinum Jubilee Celebrations of Assam Legislative Assembly, in Guwahati, Assam. (cropped).jpg 6 June 201119 May 2016 Indian National Congress
16 Ranjit Kumar Das 1 June 201630 January 2017 Bharatiya Janata Party
17 Hitendra Nath Goswami Hitendra Nath Goswami (cropped).jpg 30 January 201720 May 2021
18 Biswajit Daimary Jitendra Singh receiving a memorandum from a delegation of Bodoland Territorial Council (BTC) led by the Member of Parliament, Shri Biswajit Daimary, in New Delhi (cropped).jpg 21 May 2021Present

Deputy speakers of the Assembly

The following is a list of the deputy speakers of the assembly. [3]

#NameTook officeLeft office
1 Moulvi Muhammad Amiruddin 7 April 19371946
2 Bonily Khongmen 14 March 1946
3R.N. Baruah6 March 19521 April 1957
4R.N. Baruah10 June 195728 February 1962
5D. Hazarika31 March 196228 February 1967
6M.K. Das31 March 196726 August 1968
7A. Rahman20 September 19689 November 1970
8J. Saikia13 November 19709 June 1971
9R.N. Sen24 May 197114 March 1972
10 Golok Rajbanshi 6 April 19723 March 1978
11 Sheikh Chand Mohammad 30 March 19786 November 1979
12G. Ahmed13 November 197919 March 1982
13N.C. Kath Hazarika25 March 198318 August 1985
14 Bhadreswar Buragohain 1 April 198610 April 1990
15Balobhadra Tamuli22 October 19908 January 1991
16Debesh Chakraborty1 August 199120 December 1992
17 Prithibi Mahji 23 March 199311 May 1996
18 Nurul Hussain 13 June 199618 August 1998
19 Renupoma Rajkhowa 14 May 199117 May 2001
20 Tanka Bahadur Rai 3 April 200214 May 2006
21 Pranati Phukan 31 May 200616 May 2011
22 Bhimananda Tanti 6 June 201119 May 2016
23 Dilip Kumar Paul 3 June 20168 May 2018
24 Kripanath Mallah 26 September 20184 June 2019
25 Aminul Haque Laskar 31 July 20192 May 2021
26 Numal Momin 21 May 2021Present

Pro tem Speaker

List of Pro tem Speakers

References

  1. "List of Speakers since 1937". Assamassembly.gov.in. Retrieved 9 December 2010.
  2. "Members of 13th Assembly sworn in - Pranab Gogoi elected Assam Speaker". The Telegraph. 7 June 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2011. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
  3. "List of Deputy Speakers since 1937". 28 August 2021. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 4 March 2022.